1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE.*AK EMAIL CONSUMER LETTER IN REFERENCE TO A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT IS EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE. THIS EMAIL CONSUMER LETTER IS AN ADD TO TO THE INTERNET VOQ REQUEST # 10052387.*MR

HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED FIVE TIMES AT 48,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 50 MPH. AT LOW SPEEDS PULSATION AND VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OCCURS. UNACCEPTABLE THAT EVERY 3-5000 MILES I NEED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AND PADS. I CANNOT AFFORD THAT. WHEN IS CHRYSLER/JEEP GOING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM? WHEN ENOUGH DEATHS OR LAW SUITS ARE FILED?*AK

MY WIFE HAD STOPPED TO GET MAIL FROM RURAL MAILBOX. STOPPED VEHICLE, PLACED TRANSMSSION LEVER IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. UPON RETURN, COULD NOT START ENGINE. CALLED ME ON CELL PHONE TO COME TO HER AID. CAR WOULD NOT START AND SHIFT LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED. SUSPECTED NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE SHIFT LEVER, WHICH CAUSED A "CRUNCHING" SOUND AND THE ENGINE THEN WAS ABLE TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. REMOVAL OF THE CONSOLE COVER REVEALED A PLASTIC "SWITCH" WITH PLACE FOR ATTACHMENT OF TWO CABLES. THE FRONT CABLE WAS DISENGAGED AND SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE STEERING/BRAKE PEDAL ( OUT OF VIEW). THERE IS A PIN IN THIS ASSEMBLY THAT ALIGNS THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND ALLOWS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER TO MOVE BETWEEN POSITIONS. THE PIN HAD SLIPPED OUT, AND WAS RE-INSERTED.THE VEHICLE COULD NOW BE STARTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL NO LONGER LOCKED WHEN SHUTTING THE IGNITION OFF. THE SHIFTER WORKED NORMALLY, LOCKING UP IN PARK AND REQUIRING THE LEVER BUTTON BE DEPRESSED WHEN SHIFTING. APPARANTLY THE PIN HAS SLIPPED OUT AGAIN AND MY WIFE REPORTED ON 12/29/03 THAT THE BUTTON NO LONGER HAS ANY AFFECT AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO GO BETWEEN POSITIONS ON THE SHIFT PATTERN. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEM I HAVE READ ABOUT WITH GR CHEROKEES MOVING UNATTENDED. IT IS TIME CHRYSLER OWNED UP TO THIS POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ISSUE. THIS IS OUR THIRD GRAND CHEROKEE AND IT WILL BE THE LAST.

WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. DEALER TRIED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CALIPERS/ROTORS, AND PADS WERE REPLACED, SOME MORE THAN ONCE. *AK

HEATER CORE HAD A MELT DOWN. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM. *AK

WHILE CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD STRUTS SNAPPED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO FALL DOWN. DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE (GC) LIMITED 8 CYLINDER QUADRADRIVE HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN OCTOBER OF 2002. I HAD THE TRANSFER SEAL REPLACED DUE TO IT LEAKING, THE DIFFERENTIAL MAKES NOISE, THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE DOES NOT WORK (ALL WHEEL DRIVE ONLY WORKS IN LOW), AND THE TIRES LOCK UP AND MAKE A NOISE WHEN I AM TURNING. IT SEEMS THAT THEIR ARE OTHER 1999 JEEP GC OWNERS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW ABOUT A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *LA

SERVICE BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE. BRAKE CAUSED VIOLENT VEHICLE VIBRATION AND FEEDBACK TO STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED SO VIOLENTLY IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HOLD. BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE AND ALLOW WHEELS TO SPIN FREELY. MILEAGE DROPPED OFF TO 7 MPG FROM 16 MPG OR SO. SERVICE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR SEEMED TO BE FILLING BACK UP? BRAKE LININGS WERE WEARING AWAY AND SMOKING. ONE ROTOR WHICH WAS NOT SCORED PRIOR TO INCIDENT IS NOW BADLY SCORED. THE PADS HAD PLENTY OF A LINING LEFT BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND CAR IS NOW UNSAFE, ACCEPT TO DRIVE TO THE SHOP TO REPLACE ROTORS AND UPGRADE CALIPER. PARK BRAKE AND DOWN SHIFTING HAVE LIMITED STOPPING CAPABILITY. *LA

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

BRAKES. I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT REQUIRED A COMPLETE FRONT BRAKE JOB. THIS INCLUDED "UPGRADED" CALIPERS REPLACEMENT OF ALL FRONT BRAKE COMPONENTS AND MACHINING ON ALL REAR COMPONENTS. AT LESS THAN 70,000 MILES THIS SEEMS A LITTLE EXTREME. I HAVE CHECKED WITH JEEP DIRECTLY AND THEY FEEL THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. I SEE ON THE COMPLAINT LIST THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CARS THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE. WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT CAN I DO? *LA